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Helen of Troy: A Family of Blood (Part 2)

6/5/2024 • 51 min

In 1870 the German archaeologist Heinrich Schliemann - a man of remarkable energy, desperately fascinated with Helen of Troy - discovered in Turkey the burnt remains of what he claimed to be the legendary city of Troy, and with it, a horde of gold and treasure which he attributed to Helen. Following this breakthrough, he went in search of another, more obscure p… Play episode

Helen of Troy: Queen of the Greek Myths (Part 1)
Fall of the Sioux: The Massacre at Wounded Knee (Part 3)
Fall of the Sioux: The Ghost Dance (Part 2)
Fall of the Sioux: Death of Crazy Horse (Part 1)
Custer's Last Stand: The Final Showdown (Part 8)
Custer's Last Stand: The Battle of the Little Bighorn (Part 7)
Custer's Last Stand: The Charge of the 7th Cavalry (Part 6)
Custer's Last Stand: Death in the Black Hills (Part 5)
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Rise of Sitting Bull (Part 4)
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Horse-Lords of the Plains (Part 3)
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: The Winning of the West (Part 2)
Custer vs. Crazy Horse: Civil War (Part 1)
The Habsburgs: Secrets of a Dynasty
The First Emperor of China
Lord Byron: Death of a Vampire (Part 4)
Lord Byron: Dangerous Liaisons (Part 3)
Lord Byron: Scandal, Sex and Celebrity (Part 2)
Lord Byron: Mad, Bad and Dangerous to Know (Part 1)
Disco: Sex and Race in Seventies America
The Moonwalkers, with Tom Hanks
Luther: A World Torn Apart (Part 5)
Luther: Showdown with the Emperor (Part 4)
Luther: The Battle Against Satan (Part 3)
Luther: The Revolution Begins (Part 2)
Luther: The Man Who Changed the World (Part 1)
Titanic: The Survivors (Part 6)
Titanic: Nightmare at Midnight (Part 5)
Titanic: The Iceberg Strikes (Part 4)
Titanic: Countdown to Disaster (Part 3)
Titanic: Kings of the World (Part 2)
Titanic: The Tragedy Begins (Part 1)
History's Greatest Monkeys
The History Of Chocolate
Carthage vs. Rome: Total War (Part 4)
Carthage vs. Rome: The Wolf at the Gates (Part 3)
Ancient Carthage: Rise of a Superpower (Part 2)
Ancient Carthage: Lords of the Sea (Part 1)
Britain in 1974: Thatcher Enters the Ring (Part 4)
Britain in 1974: Countdown to a Coup (Part 3)
Britain in 1974: The Crisis Election (Part 2)
Britain in 1974: State of Emergency (Part 1)
The Canterbury Tales (Part 4)
The Murder of Richard II (Part 3)
The Peasants’ Revolt: London’s Burning (Part 2)
The Peasants' Revolt: England Erupts (Part 1)
Romans in Space: Star Wars, Dune and Beyond...
The Man in the Iron Mask
The Nazis in Power: The Night of Broken Glass
The Nazis in Power: Hitler's War on the Jews

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